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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-06
IMMENSE CASH PREMIUMS !
Great Machinery Exhibition.

TO make room for the machinery cNhhi-
ton which has outgrown the siXacrc space
devoted this feature 500 feet of line shaft
ing to propcl machinery has been erected
The shaft will be driven by one powerful en-
ripn
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Ralfi,rpre cWwhe@

We rive IN the following table of prices
the ratings of Tuesday previous to our
issue, rs likewise that OF the Tuesday a-wcck
previous. By,this me,hod We inform our
readers, at a dance, ofthr c0urse Of the mlar-
hct, which is US essential as knowledge OF
the present week.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-06

SAFE AND PROFITABLE INVESTMENT
FOR ALL.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-11-17

A friend sends TO the editor the fol-
lowing experience, which has the
merits Of being at once amusing and
suggestive Whether Mr. Howells
would relish being identified with
realism in this way Is a doubtful qUes-
tiuu. but there Is at least no doubt that
such is his fate, it being one Of the
penalties he pays for popularity.
lone pleasant afternoon of last week
was walking along the high and
breezy eastern bank of the Upper
Mystic Luke NV companion was a
young lady who had then for the first
time this sumner, escaped from the
city
See, said she, pointing across the
lake, there Is n tower on Tire other
shore, among the trees. / vii. be a
prisoner there and You shall come and
rescue me. You will stand at the foot
of the tower. under a great oak tree. an
hour after sunset. You viii sing
and | shall hear YOU and come.
We Will steal down to the border of the
lake to where your boat lies hidden
over there IN that little cOve-and there
we will sail away. You and l together,
to ftirylaud, as they doin the romances.
When l am out in the country. like this.
/ believe the old romances. But o.,
dear. when 90 back to the city 1 think
that perhaps Mr.. Howells Is right after
all.
MY dear. said I, .'that Is not a
tower over there, that 5 4 chimney. l
know the gentleman who lives in the
house. He does not like people to
wander about his grounds At night sing
in.. Ny boat IS At home in the stable
because il leaks. But even if it were
I'm the little cove. all taut and trim.
the gatrkeeTer has orders not TO let
any boats pass the dam-not even two
lovers fleeing from the enchanted tower
20 the fairy country iuthe Southwest
Medford. think il i down there.
MIR. HOwclls Is right said She.
"Let Us 90 back 10 Boston Boston
Courier.
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Mrs. Benn's strange PresentIment.

Louisa Benn, the daughter of a
labor in Wednesburg, England, made
up her mind to emigrate to Australia,
and gained the consent of her parents.
just before she was to sail, however,
her mother dreamed that the ship which
was to carry her daughter struck rock
near the Australian coast and went
down with great loss of life. Sh e sue
ceeded in persuading Louisa from
going, but not until the girls baggage
had been placed on board the vessel and
every preparation made for her depart
ure. The ship went down, as Mrs.
Benn had imagined it would, and
among the lives lost were those of sew
eral girls who were to have been
Louisa's companions.
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GENERAL Won WRIGHT.
An Enslishman Who Became FamOu,
German Cavalry Officer.

An Enslishman Who Became a Famous
German Cavalry Officer.
In the course of conversation with
the Adjutant of a dragon regiment
stationed at Metz learned that he, in
company with some nine or. ten broth
er officers, had been out on n ten
days reconnaissance under the Gen
eral commanding the cavalry division.
The expens es of the trip came partially
if not wholly out of the officers peck
cts. Ny friend spoke Of the tour with
the greatest enthusiasm. aud went to
the General to obtain from him the de-
tails of the system followed. Now,
the General in question, Won Wright,
an f Iglishman. whose memory is dear
to all of us officers who made his ac-
quaintance. was one of the most dis
tlnguished cavalry officers in the Ger
man army. From Major in a cuirassier
regiment, he was selected by Won
Moltke. although personally unknown
to him. and on professional recon-
mendations only, as his military secre-
tary in 1866; as commander of a cav
airy regiment he led the Third army
into Chalons; subsequently during the
campaign he held important staff APP
pointmets, including that of Quarter
master-General to Prince Charles dur
ing the trying lie Mans campaign. At
the time of this particular visit to Metz
he was the Lieutenant-General COM
handing the Fifteenth or Frontier
cavalry division, The General was al
ways pleased TO talk about his pro-
fession and to give any information
to those who asked for it. The follow
ing was his account of the reconnois-
sance: "The evening before we started
thought out scheme. At z a. IN.
the following morning | met the Off
GERS. and to each | gave his days
work. which he returned to me COM
pleted at p. m, During the after
noon and the evening examined the
work. and l delivered my criticisms
on it when the officers assembled mex
morning" The fact that have been
brought up in the English army must
be accepted as an excuse for the blund-
ering question | next addressed to
him: "But, General how many staff
officers. aide-de-camps. Assistant
Adjutant and Assistant Quartermaster-
Generals had you to do the de-
tails?' None" was the reply, Il
did all the work myself" Here was
a General of the highest professional
standing and reputation-a man who
has won his position by the hardest of
work in European warfare, and at one
time at peace maneuvers commanded
some 1900 to 5000 sabers-doliberate-
ly employing his spare time in giving
to some dozen regimental officers in
struclion which might fall in our army
TO garrison instructor. IL seems m
possible to overestimatc not merely
the value of such instruction. but the
impetus given to professional study
among the officers by Generals in Won
Wrights position not considering it
beneath them to become instructors. -
Nineteenth Century
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-11-17
ALASKA'S ATMOSPHERE.
A Country Where the Air Is Literally
Bnrdened with Moisture.

A Country Where the Air Is Literally
Burdened with Moisture.
Lieutenant Schwatka, in making the
inland passage to Alaska, at one point
went ashore, among the wilds of the
Alexander Archipelago. and he de-
scribes the vegetation which he en-
cOuntered as being most rank and
luxuriant. AT the feet of the ever
greens clothing the land, grew
dense mass of tangled bushes and
vines, and the roots of these was
solid carpeting Of MOSES, lichens and
ferns. which often ran up the trees to
hight greater than a mans reach.
All this dense growth is as moist as a
sponge. The thick carpeting of moss
extends from the shore to the edges of
the glaciers on the mountain SUBMITS,
and the constant melting of ice through
the warm summer keeps it saturated
with water. The air is burdened with
moisture, and every thing is. like Mr.
Mantalini's proposed body, ''moist and
unpleasant.
1t is almost impossible to realize the
dampness of this region, without hav-
ing experienced it. Water drips from
overhead, like an April mist and
oozes up beneath the feet, as one
walks. As an example of the luxri-
ance of the vegetation. take the In
dams ''totem-poles, which. although
they are dead timbers standing on end
near the native houses, bear huge
clumps of dripping moss and foliage
at heights varying from ten to thirty
feet from the ground. 1t will be well
to explain in passing, that these totem
poles are covered with very curious
carvings, and although no one is at all
sure of their significance, it is probable
that they represent genealogies or tri-
bal histories of the Indians.
1t often happens that the seed of a
Sitka spruce becomes lodged in the tan
gle of moss resting upon totem-pole,
and there terminates Its roots crawl
down the pole, and, having reached the
earth, find additional sustenauce there,
which they send to the branches -four
ishing above and which have thus far
been nourishcd by the juices furnished
py the moss.
Imagine city boy tossing a walnut
.fom his window. so that it lodges upon
a tciegraph-pole. sprouts there. sends
down it roots to the earth. and wakes
into such tall tree that the boy can
lean from his window. and pick wal
nuts from it every autumnl That idea
is incredible, and yet its equivalent
often happens il Southeastern Alaska.
-Yonfh's Companion.
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Emperors birthday.

North China Herald: The birthday OF
the young Emperor on the 18th of last
August was not celebrated with the
pomp customary with his predecessors
on the Celestial throne. The only OBJ
seryances were the services by court
officers in the name of the Emperor at
the shrines of ten emperors and TWEEN
ty-one expresses.
We have before US an account of the
birthday prostration in l7l5 before the
j lperor ShenC-tsu, which His Majesty
I"rmitted to be observed by petition of
The princes, dukes and generals of the
empire. From the northwest gate of
feking, seven miles out to the gate of
OF the park Wanshou-shan. there were
erected in great numbers what are call
ed dragon tents. In these tents army
officers and mobiles lived for more than
a fortnight. On the birthday the En-
peror came in state and for seven miles
along the road the officers and courtiers
knelt on each side of the way as the
Emperor passed. I'll ere was announce
ment of the birthday sent To- the affairs
of heaven, earth and the spirits of land
and grain and to the temple of anees-
tors.
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They Are All Ladies.


"Ah. Mrs. Genieel, how do you do
to-day? 1t is an age since / have seen
you. How is your daughter KatieP !
haven't seen her for long time. !"
"She's quite well, thank you. She
is saleslady now at Plush & Silks
store"
"Indeed2 Aud your daughter
Mamie?"
''Oh. Mamie is forelady in the new
tomato-canning establishment"
Il hadn't heard that Is Lulu at
home now?"
mo. she has gone to Hartford as
waiting-lady to a rery wealthy and
aristocratic woman living there. ="
''Oh. has she? Then you have only
Lena at home. presume.
''Oh. no; Lena has Just accepted a
situation rs nurse lady in the family
of Judge X. She has an elegant
place"
SO you are living alone?"
mo. we have given up our house
FOR the winter. and l am now cook
lady at Mrs. Blanks boarding-house- !"
- 7id-Bits.
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ON THE WHEEL
What Round the ~ orId stevens and
Champion He SeH Say of the sport.


The popularity of cycling is growing.
Thomas Stevens, who has just been
around ID globe on a wheel, says that the
best roafs in the world are found in British
India. The Grand Trunk road is l 600 miles,
an uni rOken highway OF marvellous perfec-
ton, ,om Pershawar on the Afghan frontier
TO Ca cutta- 1t is made of smooth, hard, nat
ural concrete, beds of which lie along the
line.
How such roads would be appreciated by
the Enthusiastic 'cYclers of this countryi
Tbs wonderful achievement of Mr..
Stew ms, in the face of myriad dangers, en-
titles him to all his honors.
The fast riding champion of the world,
however, is Richard Howell, of Leicester,
England. He is splendidly made fellow,
between 25 and 3Oyears of age, six feet high,
and weighing, in training, about leo pounds.
He commenced riding in 1879 and in 1881,
at Belgravia grounds, Leicester, he won
the one-mile championship of the world,
beating all the best men of the day.
From that time his career has been one
OF almost unbroken successes. he came to
the. United States in 1884 and 1855, and at
the great Sprin gfield tournament in 1885,
won seven out of eight races.
In the 'CgctiHg Aeies tEng), October LIST,
1887, is the following interview with him:
"What are your best perfOrmancesfn
"ThiB year did a full mile on the track at
Coventry in 2 minutes, IS seconds. Good
judges think, with every thing in my favor,
! could do 2 80 for the distance"
"Wlat is your system of trainingfh
81 eat plain good food and plenty of it. 1
take little walk before breakfast, and then,
after that meal, if l am loggy, ride eight or
nine miles on the track here, in thick fan
nels. After dinner do some more sslog-
ging' work, and may be walk and early to
bed.
4" But there is one idea of mine which
have found invaluable If / have done too
much work or my system is out Of order,
or if / don Z feel quite sound, take what
have used since ! was queer in 1888. j
have always found that Warmers safe cure
sets me up and puts me to rights again, and
it is remedy which believe in and tell all
my friends about.
Elm the winter-time especially, when you
can easily understand am not so careful Of
my health as in the spring, summer or
autumn, have found it Invaluable.
All want, to beat the fastest bicyclist in
the world, is plenty of practice, an occa-
sioRal dose of my favorite, and my ma
chine"
"When am about right in " sight con-
tent myself with short, sharp bursts as
hard as ever L can go on the track, and
when can cover 40 yards in thirty seconds
with flying start, reckon 10 be moving as
well as want TO-
Bicycling is glorious sport, but 1t has its
physical i'll effects which, however, can be
easily overcome by the method used by
Champion Howell
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second Hand Book Trade.

Use ordinary care and you can't
miss the place. The front of the
building IS decorated with all sorts of
signs. There is square glass show
case right in front Of the doorway. 1t
contains a few copies of ancient songs
and an unlimited quantity of dust
Climb an old flight Of stairs and push
open n door and there You are right in
the very stronghold of the largest
secondhand book dealer in this city
Handsomely bound books, in good con-
dition, repose away up near the ceiling
in dark out-Cf-the-way corners, and
treat of science and art and history.
All the books near at hand, well
thumbed and worn, are novels. The
room is small, but there are $4,000
books there.
The proprietor IS a little man with
big flowing whiskers. end a soft in
siuuating voice. lie began dealing IN
secondhand books about nine years
ago He started with a capital of 81,
which lie spent in erecting a little
stand on the sidewalk in Chatham
stree. and spreading over it scant
supply Of song books.
He sold the Penny SOngster. Then
he began buying old books and exchang-
ing them for others at half what they
cost Pretty soon he started another.
stand, aud then lie opened little store
and six years ago he established his
headquarters in Park Row, where the
reporter found him.
There is about 100 per cent profit
in the bus ness he said: land it is a
business that always moves more
or less tlouri-hinely. / sell books at
half the publishers prices, and when
they are exchanged for others / allow
one quarter the original cost. How did
I get 80 much stock on hand9 Why by
buying large quantities At time from
printing houses that are going out of
the business l do a good deal of
patching. and book has to be pretty
old that can't be pasted and fixed up
so rs 10 be presented for sale. The
only books that are worthless are those
that have some leaves missing. IN. T.
Paper
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husband, but she had tried to be thank
full.
"And how many old clothes have
you worked off on grandma said
Mrs. Hammond. turning to Marian.
who was turning a diamond ring to
catch the sunlight.
''Well. as to that" laughed Marian.
II don't remember of disposing of any
in that way. sell my old clothes to
the statuette peddler
"Ahd how much did you pay mother
for taking care of you last spring when
you Were sick?' Mis-. Hammond was
getting thoroughly disguised and
trifle sharp.
''Why, l gave her a five-dollar bill"
replied Marian, flushing. Zone doesn't
expect TO pay ones relation for every
little kindness of that sort"
"Yet YOU could not have hired a
nurse to do what she did for cent less
than twenty-five dollars" said Mrs.
Hammond. significantly.
1t is needless to follow all the steps
by which Mrs. Hammond prevailed
upon her stylish sisters to give a
grudging consent TO establish birth
day-box for the benefit of the old
couple. 1t was through fear of what
.'they" would say of them which first
influenced them, but as they talked a
real glow of filial feeling came to them.
and they consented, If Harrison
would do his SHARE" to give the old
people a Thanksgiving feast worthy of
the name. even to the exclusion of the
Judge Macomber dinner, and Mrs.
Crary, in the exuberance of her newly
awakened generosity, offered Mrs.
Hammond her pony and basket phaeton
in which to drive out to Harrison's.
OF course, the son who could do
what Harrison Roadway had done,
could not be a generous, whole-souled
man. but, fortunately, his wife had
the qualities he lacked; she had never
approved of his taking the farm, and
had sincerely grieved over his broken
promise to the old people. and she
was, therefore. an earnest and intluen-
tial helper. I'm invite them all here
for Thanksgiving. she said. cordially,
" and I'll see each one of the family;
they shall. every one, bring some
thing, and father and mother shall
have one pleasant Thanksgiving, il
they never do another"
There is every reason to fear that
they can not have many more on
EARTH" said Mrs. Hammond, wiping
away the tears of pleasure which
would keep coming; she had not
looked for such hearty cooperation.
1t was a wonderful Thanksgiving
feast, fully fifty people being present
to partake of it. and the old people
were so overcome with joy, when they
were led to The great table, piled high
with groceries, clothing, and other
comforts. that they could only shed
tears of surprise and pleasure.
Marthy." said the old man. as
they tottered away toward the long
tables, set with every Thanksgiving
delicacy. Il told We the Lord 'ud
roll up silver lining. and here He
has softened our children's hearts, an
taken us out of the hand of charity"
At the end of the feast, John Ham.
mond said, reverently: Father.
give us your blessing before we part,
and the old man. now in the ninetieth
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TO THE PUBLIC.

Intending purchasers Of PONDS
EXTRACT cannot take too much pre-
caution to prevent substitution. Some
druggists, trading on the popularity of
the great Family Remedy, attempt to
palm off other preparations, unseru-
pulously asserting them to be "the
same as" or "equal TO" PoND's Ex-
TRACT, indifferent to the deceit prac-
t:ced upon and disappointment there
by caused to the purchaser, SO long
as larger profits accrue to themselves.
Always insist on having PONDS Ex-
TRACT. Take no other.
SOLD IN BOTTLES ONLY NEVER
BY MEASURE. Quality uniform.
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"FAJHER, GIVE Us YOUR BLESSING.

"FAJHER, GIVE US YOUR BLESSING"
year of his age. arose, and, leaning on
his staff. invoked Gods blessing on his
family, in tones of trembling thank
fulness, which were never forgotten.
1t was the last time they were all
together, for, as the winters cold
came, the old father sickened and
died, cared for, not by the town au.
thorities, but by his own children. and
the poor, lonely old mother, though
now comfortably established in the
chimney corner at Harrison's, gradu-
ally pinned and faded, until she, too,
passed away, and together they spent
their next Thanksgiving. cover the
Hills" in the mansion prepared for
them by the father whom they loved.
Mrs. F. NJ. HOWARD.
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Two boys were Hying kites One Of
the lads. whose name was Yessup. when
about 400 yards Of string had been
paid ont. asked his father TO write a
message and send il up the kite The
OLD man sat down. and wrote this:
..Send some rain 1essUp-' The mes
sage climbed up the string \ bird
circI,ng high in the air winged its way
10 the bit Of paper which it pecked
viciou>ly. An hour later the kite was
hauled in BY the boy. The paper
was in tatters. the only part ofthe mes
sage remaining intact being this por-
ton OF the signature. ''Ies- Two
hours later q sou easter came up and
the rain fell in tOrrents.-Abilene (Tex)
Reporter.
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Ask any one who has used DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets as to their
merits. They will tell you that pimDles,
constipation--tha breeder of dsorders-is
relieved; that the appetite is restored +;
that tile whole system is renovated and re-
gulated beyond any conception by these
little wonderworkers. Being purely
vegetable, they are perfectly harmless !;
being composed of concentrated, active in
gradients, they are powerful Purge and
purify the system and disease will be UNI
known. OF all druggists.
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They were sitting on the front veran-
ia, waiting for the old gentleman to
come ont and intimate that II was get
ting along toward tomorrow. -'George,
wasn't that queer about that woman
having a man arrested for putting his
arm around herr? she remarked during
a lapse in the conversation. i don't
know" replied George. Seems to
me She might have been n little milder.
Then there was another pause. At
length she interrupted at George.
she said. softly. ..Well. Papa SAYS
the policemen on this beat are too
worthless for anything. II | was to
scream ever so hard don't believe any
Of them would hear il. George pom
dered a little. and soon the conversation
was nothing but 4 continuous lapse.
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Didn't Know 1t was a Secret.

"Say," said Berkey to his wife yes
terday at dinner, ''you didn't say any
thing TO any one about what l was
telling you night before last, did you?
That's a secret. ="
"a secret?" Why, didn't know it
was secret" she replied kind of re-
gretfully.
"Well, did you tell it? l want to
know"
"Why, no, 1 never thought of it
/ didn't know il was a secret. Ken
lucky State Journal.
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your own parents to be fed on town
charity" sail Mrs Hammond indig-
nantly. j must say. Amelia. Inever
dreamed that wealth could harden you
SO.
"Me1 what do YOU want me to do?"
said Ms. Amelia. opening her eyes
very wide. I'm sure give father Mr..
Crary's old clothes. and send over cold
vietuals frequently" this statement
explained why Father Roadway ha5itu-
ally appeared in coats too short in the
sleeves. and with pantaloons nearly to
his shoe-tops. for Mr.. Crary was
shorter than his father-in-law by sew
eral inches.
"And I gave mother my cloak last
winter when bought my new one.
said Mrs. Loomis. Il was rs much too
large for the dear old lady As Mr..
Crary's clothes were too small for her
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A Good Investment

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No speculation, no chance, big retI rms! IL
you are like most of mankind you have
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times just as you'd like to-headache to-
day, backache tomorrow, down sick next
week-all because your blood is out of
order. A small outlay and what large
returns You invest in DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and soon pure, fresh
blood courses through your veins, and you
are another beingl
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How She Knew He Was intellectual.

Fair Visitor-Yes, she is lovely.
Mrs. De Claire, you say her name is?
Omaha Dame-Yes, we all love her
ever so much.
"Her husband must be very intel
lectual man."
He is, he is great scientist. Don't
you know him?n
mo, never heard of him.
"Then how do you know he is intel
lectual?"
20, his wife is such charming little
fool"